CNP · Utilities
What a holder would want to know before buying CNP: where the price sits in its own history, how far it has fallen before and whether it recovered, and what the business behind it earns. All of it is arithmetic over free market data — no opinions, no recommendations.
Today’s price is 5% above the lowest point of the past year and 14% below the highest.
Over the past year it was cheaper than today on 18% of days and more expensive on 82%. Over the last 10 years: cheaper on 91% of days.
7% below its average price of the last 200 trading days.
Fell 20% or more twice in 10 years. The deepest fall was 61%; the longest took 3.1 years to get back to its peak. Every one recovered.
Now 14% below the Jun 2026 peak.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. · Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Electric · a large company worth $25.43B
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. operates as a public utility holding company in the United States. The company operates through Electric; Natural Gas; and Corporate and Other segments. The Electric segment provides electric…
revenue profit
Sales of $9.36B in 2025, with $1.05B of profit. Sales grew in 1 of the last 3 years.
Keeps about 12 cents of every dollar of sales as profit.
Free cash flow is negative: the business spends more cash than it brings in, with $453.00M in the bank.
You pay $23 for every $1 of last year’s profit, and $18 for every $1 of profit expected next year.
A high number means buyers expect growth; a low one means they expect little, or fear trouble. Large US companies have averaged roughly 15–20 over the decades.
Pays 2.50% a year in dividends at today’s price · next ex-dividend Nov 19.
19 analysts: 9 say buy, 10 hold, 0 sell. Their average 12-month target is $44.53 (range $38.00–$50.00).
Insiders made 1 purchase and 0 sales in the last 6 months.
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